Marion
County was formed from the southern
portion of Cass County on February 8,
1860. Jefferson, the county seat, founded
in the early 1840s, rapidly developed a
booming river trade with New Orleans, due
to a large natural log-jam that formed a
series of navigable lakes and bayous in
the river valleys of Marion County.
Jefferson quickly became the favored
inland Texas port for the deposit and
transport of North Texas agricultural
produce. Thus, Marion County became the
commercial conduit for frontier Texas and
did not relinquish this position until
the establishment of transcontinental
rail links that bypassed its wharves in
the mid-1870s.
Marion county was named for
Francis Marion, the legendary "Swamp Fox."
Hello, my name is Angela Hartman, and I would like
to welcome you to the Marion County
TXGenWeb Project. I'm very glad you
stopped by and hope that you find this
website useful for your genealogical
research. I do not live in Marion County
so I am not able to do local research,
but should you have any questions or
comments regarding the Marion County
TXGenWeb Project, please email me. This website is
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